Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs GPT-4o mini

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs GPT-4o mini. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning)Off the frontier
Intelligence
20.70
Total cost
$1501
OpenAIGPT-4o miniNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.70
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning)GPT-4o miniDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)20.76.7−67.6% GPT-4o mini is 67.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,501.22Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)20.84s6.32s−69.7% GPT-4o mini is 69.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$3.00 / $15.0$0.15 / $0.60
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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